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sep 15, 1963 - Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing

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In Birmingham, Alabama, the Ku Klux Klan bombs the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls attending Sunday school. Only one suspect is tried: Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. is convicted for the crime in 2001, 38 years after the murder.

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sep 15, 1963
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~ 62 years ago

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